1. G20: History and fudge

Plainly the most important announcement to come out Pittsburgh today will be that the G20 group of nations will replace the G8 as the permanent council for economic co-operation and - especially in extremis - economic co-ordination. It's a big...

25/09/2009 | 31 Hits | Read more...

2. Gordon Brown's monuments

No member of the government is closer to Gordon Brown than Shriti Vadera. The former banker was an adviser through his many years as chancellor and has been a minister since he became prime minister. In a way, she's his personal investment...

24/09/2009 | 52 Hits | Read more...

3. G20: The big money decisions

Okay, here's some news (well, sort of). The leaders are close to agreement on the big money questions. There will be a significant increase in the resources of the IMF, the emergency rescue service for ailing economies. The increment in...

02/04/2009 | 139 Hits | Read more...

4. G20: Road to nowhere

The journalist on the bus next to me is snoring like it's going out of fashion. It's 7am and I have been cleared by the first security screening and am now sitting on a bus waiting to be shuttled to the next electronic frisk and probe. ...

01/04/2009 | 127 Hits | Read more...

5. G20: Sticking plaster not cure

On the Ten O' Clock News last night, I said there's unlikely to be a return to business as usual in the global economy unless and until there's confidence that the banking system has been fixed and reformed. Which is the respectable...

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